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In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Roberts said that KKR had been able to refinance $13bn (€8.8bn) of debt so far in its portfolio businesses, adding the buyout firm has “not much in the way of maturities due until after 2013”.

Kravis, who also spoke during the interview, said that his firm was currently in talks with several banks over potential deals. However, he highlighted several bottlenecks - including stricter regulatory norms, extraordinary and huge state intervention and a sharp increase in valuations amid a revival of the capital markets - for private equity vis-à-vis investing in the financial services sector.